Israel & Middle East

Israel approved a $67 million national plan to expand Jewish education in diaspora communities, with a focus on North America.

At Maccabiah 2026, Israeli immigrants compete under the flags of the countries they left behind, honoring their roots while at home in Israel.

Israel’s nature authority warns beachgoers not to touch pufferfish, lionfish or rabbitfish after venomous carcasses washed ashore.

A new international project is using AI and chemistry to trace where the Dead Sea Scrolls were written, copied, and hidden.

A unanimous cabinet vote on Gideon Sa’ar’s proposal puts Israel on track to become the 35th country to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

The 22nd Maccabiah Games open July 1 in Jerusalem, drawing some 8,000 Jewish athletes from 55 countries for 13 days.